He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas.
Category: Opera
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Angela Gheorghiu, Diva of the Old School, Is Back at the Met Opera
The strong-willed singer, returning in “Tosca,” was long one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos. But in the past decade, her appearances have been rare.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Shines, and Evolves, in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
The New York Times – Music:The radiant young soprano returned to the Metropolitan Opera to star as the Marschallin in a revival of Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier.”
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Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection
The New York Times – Music:Lyric Opera of Chicago follows a recent world premiere with yet another: “Proximity,” a set of works by three librettist-composer pairs.
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Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon
The New York Times – Music:The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.
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Virginia Zeani, Versatile and Durable Soprano, Dies at 97
The New York Times – Music:A noted Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” she had an equally noted second act as a singing teacher when her performing career ended.
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American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe’s Opera Stages
The New York Times – Music:Young music theater makers are benefiting from the continent’s huge operatic resources while developing their own distinctive voices.
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Lewis Spratlan, Who Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer, Dies at 82
The New York Times – Music:His opera sat unproduced for decades. Then a piece of it garnered one of the field’s top prizes. Then it sat some more.
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A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse
The New York Times – Music:Piotr Beczala, known as a charismatic singer of Italian operas, is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like.
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Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom
The New York Times – Music:Michael Volle puts his noble voice to delightfully undignified use as the title character in Robert Carsen’s still fresh production of “Falstaff.”
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Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted
The New York Times – Music:In “Solomon,” performed elegantly at Carnegie Hall by the English Concert and Clarion Choir under Harry Bicket, the chorus is the star.